Singapore road traffic accident statistics by driver age and vehicle type
Official 2021–2025 counts of investigated injury-or-fatality accidents attributed to drivers by age group, and average annual injury and fatal accidents involving passenger cars, private hire cars, and taxis.
Accidents attributed to drivers by age
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) reported the annual number of injury-or-fatality road accidents that Traffic Police investigated and determined were caused by a motorist. The figures exclude accidents where Traffic Police could not determine the at-fault party. The 2025 figures were accurate as of 7 January 2026 (MHA, Breakdown of road traffic accidents by age of driver from 2021 to 2025).
| Driver age group | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Below 65 years old | 4,089 | 4,495 | 4,035 | 3,384 | 3,194 |
| 65 years old and above | 564 | 538 | 594 | 530 | 503 |
MHA said the current licence-renewal regime aims to promote road safety while providing seniors the convenience of driving in a risk-calibrated manner. MHA and Traffic Police said they would continue to review the renewal rules regularly (same MHA response).
Accidents involving passenger cars, private hire cars, and taxis
For 2021–2025, MHA reported approximate average annual counts of accidents resulting in injury involving passenger cars (3,160), private hire cars (1,220) and taxis (670). The corresponding approximate average annual counts of accidents resulting in fatalities were 29, 12 and 6, respectively (MHA, Breakdown of road accidents, injuries and fatalities across passenger cars, private hire cars and taxis).
For these figures, “passenger cars” means Singapore-registered motor cars excluding private hire cars registered for paid chauffeur services and taxis. The private-hire-car figures cover vehicles registered for paid chauffeur services whether or not they were being used for that service at the time. The taxi figures cover Singapore-registered taxis. Traffic Police does not track accidents that do not involve injury or death because they are not required to be reported (same MHA response).
Coverage debt
- These are accident counts, not exposure-adjusted risk rates. The cited responses do not provide matching driver-population, vehicle-distance, or vehicle-use denominators for comparing risk between age groups or vehicle types (MHA, age-group response; MHA, vehicle-type response).
- The age-group figures exclude accidents where Traffic Police could not determine the at-fault party; the published response does not give the number excluded (MHA, age-group response).
- Traffic Police does not track non-injury and non-fatal accidents that are not required to be reported, so these figures do not describe all road accidents (MHA, vehicle-type response).